Games for the Planet

We’ll be around and are looking forward to uniting with other Purpose Companies. It will for sure be super informative and here and there mind blowing. 🤯

🌱 Before we could wrap up 2024, we had to finish counting… every single tree we planted! And now, we’re excited to share our special recap – with a twist. 🎥 Watch the video to see the impact we’ve made this year! #Sustainability #Reforestation #2024Recap #ImpactReport

Genial! In dem TV Spot spielt Benedict Cumberbatch einen Vorstandsvorsitzenden namens Benedict Lumberjack, der eine Saunasitzung genießt und den Menschen dafür dankt, dass sie zur Zerstörung der Umwelt 🌳🔥💰beitragen. #SaveOurPlanet #DeforestationCrisis #BenedictLumberjack #PensionPower #FossilFuelsOut #ClimateEmergency #RainforestRescue #BurningForProfit #GreenInvesting #NoPlanetB #StopDeforestation

Others Post Profits – We Post Trees. We believe in full transparency, and you can explore all the details on our website. (Link in the comments) Sustainability thrives on honesty. Too many companies have let society down – we’re here to do things differently. #sustainability #report #trees #gamingforgood

Sound on! 🔉 Connecting playing a game on your phone with planting trees is anything but trivial. 🌱🎮 At Games for the Planet we’ve had countless discussions about how to communicate this effectively: 👉 Are players drawn to the game or the impact? 👉 What messaging truly resonates with them? The more we dive into user acquisition, the clearer it becomes: everything starts with: Play with reason. 🎯 Curious about how the income stream works? Watch the video below! ⬇️ P.S.: Apple now takes just 15% under their new incentive—allowing us to plant even more trees. 🌍💡

You are insane 😱 Should you pursue building a company based on one paying customer? Maybe that’s actually how Games for the Planet started. When our idea for a game—one that plants real trees by donating profits from ads and in-app purchases—was out in the world to test, we captured a small audience on social media and asked them to try the game. Suddenly, we noticed something surprising: some players, despite the game being crappy, kept coming back to plant tree after tree. How did they do it, and how did we know? 🤓 In the game, we offer the option to watch ads to level up. A small counter at the top shows when you’ve seen enough ads to plant a tree. By analyzing the #data of individual players, we discovered some were watching 30–60 ads in one evening! They ignored the game entirely, chilling with Netflix, their phone in hand, just clicking the play button, waiting 20–30 seconds, and repeating the process. Over the last year, we have seen about 1000 #people download the #game with only a few really trying it, but some going like crazy. 🤯 This revealed the secret sauce: Build an actual game that’s enjoyable—one that makes people come back for more than just watching ads. Those 10 seedlings in this planting pot grew into small trees. Maybe, when they’re fully grown, this idea will have grown just as big and the few committed players grow into a big community changing the mobile gaming market. Now, real talk—be honest: Do you, or have you, ever played a game on your #phone, and would you feel better if the income didn’t go to somewhere random but to a positive cause?

Ups, we did it! 🌱 Back in 2022, I had a wild idea: what if mobile gaming could help plant real trees? 🌳 The catch? I knew nothing about coding, game design, or art. But after days of Ecosia-ing and finding nothing similar, I figured—why not give it a shot? So, I dove in. By 2023, I had my first game. It wasn’t great (honestly, it was bad), but I realized still no one else was doing what I had in mind. Then I remembered why I started: not just to make a game, but to find others to join this mission. Armed with this renewed purpose, I hit the streets of Berlin—networking at meetups and events. That’s where I found Martin Kruse and Leon Brodel, who were just as excited about this vision. But the real twist? A chance connection near Bonn led me to Dr.-Ing. Ingo Paulowicz., Arne Willée, Ph. D. and Dr. Johannes Pfeifer—three incredible people with the same dream, lastly Wen Armstrong joined the team for game Art and we where complete. Countless hours of brainstorming later, we realized we needed more than just passion—we needed a company with a structure as sustainable as our mission. On October 7th, we officially founded Games for the Planet a steward-owned company with the support of the Purpose Economy. 🎉 This isn’t a goodbye to my beloved bicycles 🚴, at least not in the near future. We're now working on a new game, aiming for an early access release in February 2025. Stay tuned—we’re just getting started! 🚀 #purpose #justdoingit #plantingtrees #hobby

On October 7th, We officially founded Games for the Planet UG as a Steward-Owned company with the Veto-Share model! From day one, we’re structured to protect and restore our ecosystems, putting purpose above profit. 🌍 As a founding team, we’re incredibly proud and humbled to join the Purpose Economy and a network of companies dedicated to serving our planet. With the Foundation’s Veto Share, we ensure that our mission is upheld for the long term. 🙌 Want to learn more about the Purpose Foundation? Check them out to explore this unique ownership model and discover other impact-driven companies! 💚 #purpose #gamedev #fortheplanet

With October in the rear view mirror we’re sharing transparently where we stand and where we’re going! We're now officially a purpose company! 🎉 This means exciting changes are on the way in the coming months. We're still crafting on our new game, so stick around and see the updates! 🚀 And thank you to all the players who helped planting trees with our game 🌳Reforest Rainforest🌳 #impact #purpose

Exciting milestone🙌 Last month, our game reached players in 23 countries worldwide! 🌍 It’s inspiring to see how quickly we’re expanding to new regions and connecting with diverse communities. Looking forward to seeing where we go from here! #gamedevelopment #reforestation #rainforest #global